Nigerian death is a Victim of the Swiss Asylum Policy

IFIR has received information from our branch in Switzerland that an unknown 29-year-old male Nigerian refugee who had been on hunger strike to protest his expulsion from Switzerland has died while being deported to Lagos.

He is another victim of the forcible deportation policy .It is a shame in a democratic country like Switzerland, which is supposed to respect human right but does not allow people from other countries to stay in it. We consider that human rights are universal and cannot be limited by factors of geographic territory ,gender , culture, religion, race, age or place.

Our movement must stand against this barbarism and for universal human rights. Home is the country where one lives and works.

IFIR condemns this action by the Swiss authorities. The Swiss Government must put the people responsible into the court.

Further to this IFIR calls on the Swiss authorities to cease all forcible deportations and to respect the human rights of all refugees living in Switzerland.

It is a great tragedy that this outrage has happened here of all places in the world.